Sibship size, birth order and risk of asthma and allergy: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction The hygiene hypothesis suggests that reduced exposure to microbes might have contributed to the increase in prevalence and incidence of asthma and allergy observed during the second half of the last century. Following this proposal, several studies have investigated the role of sibship...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021-08-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e045795.full |